Books like Shark Heart
12 books with a reading profile close to Shark Heart by Emily Habeck. Inward-looking, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
No One Belongs Here More Than You
by Miranda July
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Miranda July's debut collection brings together sixteen stories about lonely, odd and hopeful people.
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2
Men Without Women
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
Across seven short stories, various men cope with the physical or emotional absence of women in their lives.
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3
Love Is a Dog from Hell
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Published in 1977, this collection gathers Charles Bukowski’s poetry written between 1974 and 1977.
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4
Intimacies
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
An unnamed female interpreter moves from New York to The Hague to work at the International Criminal Court.
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5
The Emperor of Gladness
by Ocean Vuong
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
In this debut for young readers, the narrative combines structured verse and prose to follow a young protagonist navigating the quiet landscapes of suburban New England.
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6
The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
In this wordless narrative, a man departs from a shadow-threatened city, leaving his wife and young daughter behind to find employment in a distant land.
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7
Bad Girls
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In the city of Córdoba, Argentina, a group of trans women, travestis, work at night in a park and live together in a boarding house.
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8
First Person Singular: Stories
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Eight stories by Haruki Murakami, most narrated in the first person by men looking back at odd episodes in their lives.
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9
Bridge of Clay
by Markus Zusak
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Matthew Dunbar, the eldest of five brothers, tells how the boys were raised alone in a Sydney house after their mother's death and their father's disappearance.
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10
Everything is Illuminated
Also inward-looking and contemplative · narrative, literary
A young American named Jonathan Safran Foer travels to post-Soviet Ukraine to locate Augustine, a woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
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11
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Doce cuentos peregrinos follows Latin American migrants living throughout Europe, from the rainy streets of Geneva to the apartments of Barcelona and Rome.
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12
Boy, Snow, Bird
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In 1953, Boy Novak flees her abusive father in New York City and settles in Flax Hill, Massachusetts.
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